Napoli wins in Cagliari thanks to the prowess of one of its most representative players: Dries Mertens. Marek Hamsik's goal record is now only one goal. The eve was characterized by the exclusion from the list of players called by Allan who trained without obligation and Gattuso did not call him for the trip.

START OF THE GAME - Gattuso confirms the team that beat Inter at San Siro by making only Mario Rui catch his breath in favor of Hysaj deployed on the left. Cagliari instead is without Naingolann, Rog and Ceppitelli only on the bench. The Neapolitan Pisacane deployed as a right back to contain the offensive flurries of the young Elmas jewel. Botta and response at the start of the match on one side and the other with the cuts of Callejon and the connection between attack and midfield by Dries Mertens. Elmas has some impressive gusts of fire embellished with high quality dribbling. Cagliari relies on the Uruguayan newcomer Pereiro and the usual Joao Pedro, but is almost never dangerous in the parts of Ospina. Napoli instead listens to Rino Gattuso and always starts from the defense with the phrasing, of which the goalkeeper Ospina is also an active participant.

SECOND HALF - Napoli can solve it only with a super game of a champion. Dries Mertens thinks that in a fraction of a second and in 30 centimeters of space he turns and lets a trajectory start from his right foot that leaves Cragno petrified, the ball kisses the post and settles on the net. The joy of the blue torcida explodes which is happy also for a warrior attitude of Gattuso's team. Fear for Hysaj who in a game clash with the midfield engine Sardo Nandez suffers a very strong blow to the knee, for him a knee sprain. The rest of the game is a giving of the soul spurred on continuously by Gennaro Gattuso. Mertens chases everyone, Elmas still has lungs and leg to go in pressing, Manolas and Maksimovic defense bulwarks and Di Lorenzo perpetual motion on the right wing. All seasoned by the class of Fabian and Zielinski. Welcome back to Napoli, maybe we are on the right path of recovery.